After the initial shock, the details began to spill out: Adam James, a spare on the team, claims he received a concussion and the coach thought he was faking it. Leach, James claims, locked him in a darkened shed on two occasions.

There are counter-claims that James’ dad, former SMU great Craig James, was an overbearing, former jock/Little League dad.

You can see where James is coming from, but remember that Leach is a very intelligent guy and it seems improbable he would do something that barbaric.

Knockout punchAssuming the kid is okay, it’s time to ratchet up the schadenfreude.

It looks like vintage parent vs. coach feuding, except that the parent is a former All-American football player who has a high-profile national television gig and the coach is a smart, acerbic, devil-may-care kinda guy.

That means this beef is going to be much more entertaining than the Raiders-Spartans football game, or any other game during bowl season, with the possible exception of the Fiesta Bowl, where undefeated bridesmaids Boise State and TCU are playing. And it’s going to be more interesting than recruiting season, which is the real story of college football, because it will clearly impact Tech’s ability to land players.

Local bowl does goodIt’s also good news for ESPN and the Valero Alamo Bowl. Car wreck enthusiasts will tune in by the millions to see the whole sordid story recounted by the network crew, and hope that old man James goes off like a bottle rocket on Tech, Leach or whatever.

Frankly, I’d like to see Lubbock shuttered and its refugees dispersed among neighboring communities, but that’s just the voice of a bitter Aggie after years of Tech domination in football and after yesterday’s newest national humiliation.You should call your friends and tell them about this game. But before you do that…

They have a point. He didn’t just figure them out. He published them. If you left your front door open and went out of town, would you want your neighbor to call you and tell you, or would you want him to put the information on signs taped to telephone poles all over the neighborhood?

Had to fish out any cell phones yet?This is a time of year when kids get cell phones. Maybe yours have gotten new ones. Have they already soaked them in the toilet? Or a punch bowl? Or a puddle?

After that tired joke, here’s what’s next: take the phone apart and let it dry. You can use a hair dryer on low, without heat, to speed up the work. Or, after a few hours of drip dry, you can stick the phone and all of the parts in a bag or bowl full of rice. There is no science here, but some anecdotal evidence/testimonials (here and here) that it works.

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